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, occasionally referred to by his pseudonym Itsuō (逸翁), was a Japanese industrialist. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway, Takarazuka Revue, and Toho. He was a supporter of right-wing doctrine and represented Japanese capital in government. == Career == Kobayashi was born in Nirasaki, Yamanashi in 1873. He was named Ichizō, meaning "one-three", because of his birthday, January 3. He graduated from Keio Gijuku in 1892. After 14 years' career at the Mitsui Bank, he founded (technically as one of the promoters/executive directors) Mino-o Arima Electric Railway Company (then Hankyu Corp., now, Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.) in 1907.〔 At Hankyu, Kobayashi made success in the management of the railway in a less-populated region by developing residential areas and an amusement park along the railway line as well as a department store at the railway terminal. He also established the Takarazuka Revue and the Hankyu professional baseball team (the predecessors of Orix Buffaloes) to attract passengers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Takarazuka Revue History )〕 Such a business model established by Kobayashi was followed by other railway companies in Japan. Later Kobayashi was president of council of Tokyo Gasu Denki (Tokyo Gas and Electric). He was appointed in charge of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the 1940 Konoye Cabinet.〔(Hankyu-Toho Group )〕 He joined the Taisei Yokusankai Group, with Shozo Murata and Akira Kazami. They supported a new political and economic militarist-socialist program. Kobayashi admired Adolf Hitler's policies; he was interviewed by the press during a business visit to Germany. He stood for capitalist interests in Japan's incursions into Asia and a totalitarian right-socialist government. After the end of the World War II, he was appointed the cabinet minister of the Shidehara cabinet and became the president of the , but he was soon purged due to his prewar political career. The purge was lifted in 1951.〔 Kobayashi died in January 1957. The Itsuō Art Museum in Ikeda, Osaka opened in October 1957 and is dedicated for his art collection. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ichizō Kobayashi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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